This lush orange vinaigrette dressing is perfect for a summer’s day when you want that zingy, fresh feeling on your vegetables, without any heaviness of any oils. Perfect for cleansing or detoxing.
Feeling Vata: you do best without the wasabi and the cayenne but can crank up the lemon juice and the maple syrup.
Feeling Pitta: go easier on the spice, too hot is not good for you.
Feeling Kapha: you can turn up the spice a bit and add more of the cayenne for a metabolism boost.
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Sweet and Tangy Orange Vinaigrette
This lush orange vinaigrette dressing is perfect for a summer's day when you want that zingy, fresh feeling on your vegetables, without any heaviness of any oils. Perfect for cleansing or detoxing.
Pitta's go easier on the spice, and best leave out the garlic.
Kapha's can turn up the spice a bit and can add more of the cayenne for a metabolism boost.
Vata's do also best without the wasabi and the cayenne but can crank up the lemon juice, the salt and the maple syrup.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup orange juice freshly squeezed
- 2 clementines, satsumas or other small seedless oranges, peeled
- 2 x medjool dates, chopped
- 1 x tablespoon chia seeds or flax seeds (leave out if on a fat-free cleanse)
- 1 x teaspoon fresh ginger root chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut aminos (optional, leave out if on a cleanse)
- 1 x garlic clove
- 1 x pinch of salt
- ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 x teaspoon wasabi powder (optional)
- 1 x pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 x teaspoon of maple syrup
- 1 x teaspoon of lemon juice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed until smooth.
- Taste and add additional seasonings as needed (salt, pepper, maplesyrup).
- Allow to stand at least 10 minutes to thicken slightly and let the flavor develop.